Galileo was born in Pisa, Italy, on 15 February 1564. He was an Italian polymath: astronomer, physicist, engineer, philosopher, mathematician He has been called the: father of observational astronomy father of modern physics father of scientific method father of science Education At the age of 4, Galileo told his father that he wanted to be a monk. This was not exactly what father had in mind, so Galileo withdrew from the monastery. In 1581, at the age of 17, he gave into his father´s wishes entered the University of Pisa to study medicine, as his father wished. By 1585 he gave up his courses in medicine and left without completing a degree to become a mathematics teacher. What he did? Galileo discovered how the earth moves. Galileo also worked in applied science and technology, inventing an improved military compass, thermometer, pendulum clock and telescope. https://www.youtube.com/watch
3D Modeler. In January 1995, Stratasys employed 16 former IBM engineers. By the year 2007, Stratasys was the unit market leader for the sixth consecutive year. In January 2010, Stratasys signed an agreement with HP to manufacture HPbranded 3D printers. In August 2012, the agreement was discontinued. In December 2012, Stratasys merged with Objet. (Stratasys 55%, Objet 45%) In 2012, a project to produce a working firearm by 3D printing. Stratasys refused and withdrew their license for use of the printer. ABOUT THE COMPANY Stratasys manufactures 3D printing equipment and materials that create physical objects directly from digital data. Its systems range from affordable desktop 3D printers to large, advanced 3D production systems, making 3D printing more accessible than ever. Manufacturers use Stratasys 3D Printers to create models and prototypes for new product design and testing Educators use the technology to elevate research
Battle of Cape St Vincent,1797 Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife,1797 Battle of the Nile, 1798 Battle of Copenhagen, 1801 Battle of Trafalgar, 1805 Battle of the Nile The Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife was a British attack on the Spanish port city of Santa Cruz in the Canary Islands. Launched by Admiral Horatio Nelson on July 22, 1797, the assault met with defeat and on July 25 Nelson withdrew with the loss of several hundred casualties and his own arm... http://www.admiralnelson.org/midshipman.htm http://www.answers.com/topic/horatio-nelson http://www.wordiq.com/definition/HMS_Victory http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Horatio_Nelson http://schools-wikipedia.org/wp/h/Horatio_Nelson %252C_1st_Viscount_Nelson.htm http://lemonde.desnavires.free.fr/marins/nelson.jpg http://www.mod.uk/NR/rdonlyres/7CC4BC82-4F28-412D-A406-
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tribe settled near a fordable point of the Thames. L achieved real importance following the Roman conquest under Claudius (43AD). The Romans build a bridge, somewhat east of the present city. This bridge soon was part of a trade road and attracted more and more traders. Soon the flourishing city Londinium came into existence. The Romans rebuilt the town into a centre of great importance. After the Romans withdrew from Britain in the Picts, Scots, Jutes, Angles and Saxons invaded London. It started to expand again under the Saxon kings. London was described as a commercial centre into which goods from all parts of the world flew by land and sea. King Alfred the Great repopulated and fortified the city. Edward the Confessor started to build a new royal palace at Westminster and raised London to the level of capital. William the
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1990 Rest of Germany 1995 Austria, Finland and Sweden 2004 Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Hungary, Czech, Slovakia, Slovenia, Maltese and Cyprus 2007 Romania and Bulgaria No member state has ever left the Union, although Greenland (an autonomous province of Denmark) withdrew in 1985. EU at present Almost in all the territory of the European Union can travel without passport and border checks For personal usage everyone may buy goods without limits and extra taxes from a country where it is cheaper. Common money euro enables buyer to compare the prices in member countries where that currency is in use. Travelling to member countries has become simpler because the discomfort and expenses related to changing the currency is forgotten
Celtic Britain was during the Bronze Age, there were many small tribal kingdoms fighting one another. Many megalithic monuments were built around that time, e.g. Stonehenge, the Avebury ring. The Roman Invasion 55-54 BC, Julius Caesar ruled Rome, Rome built the Hadrian's wall (73 miles long, built in 121 127 AD) against the Picts and Scots, bits have survived till today. The Romans bring along the Christian faith The beginning of Christianization of the Celts. The Romans withdrew their forces together with the fall of the Roman empire. Anglo Saxon Invasion 5th 6th century AD. Germanic tribes from Scandinavia: the Angles, the Saxons and the Jutes settle in what today is known as England and force the Celtic tribes to move to Scotland, Ireland, Wales. The Angles settled in Northumberland, East Anglia, Mercia; The Saxons in Essex, Sussex, Wessex and the Jutes in Kent. 569 AD Pope Gregory the great sends missionaries led by St. Augustine to Britain
their winter home in Palm Beach, Florida, purchased in 1933. In his primary school years, he attended Riverdale Country School, a private school for boys in Riverdale, for 5th through 7th grade. For 8th grade in September 1930, the 13-year old Kennedy was sent fifty miles away to Canterbury School, a lay Roman Catholic boarding school for boys in New Milford, Connecticut. In late April 1931, he had appendicitis requiring an appendectomy, after which he withdrew from Canterbury and recuperated at home. In September 1931, Kennedy was sent to The Choate School (now Choate Rosemary Hall), an elite boys boarding school in Wallingford, Connecticut, for his 9th through 12th grade years. His older brother Joe Jr., was already at Choate, two years ahead of him, a football star and leading student in the school. Jack thus spent his first years at Choate in his brother's shadow. He reacted with rebellious behavior that attracted a coterie
Beginning in 1202, an order of German crusading knights from Livonia (Latvia) joined with the Danes to conquer and 2 Christianize the Estonians. By 1227 the Danes controlled northern Estonia; the Livonian Knights, southern Estonia. The Teutonic Knights, another German crusading order, gained control of southern Estonia in 1237 and later conquered all of Estonia. The Teutonic Knights withdrew from Estonia in 1560. Sweden and Poland then fought for control of Estonia; in 1629, Sweden won and annexed the region. Peter I of Russia conquered Estonia in 1710, and in 1721 Sweden formally recognized Russian possession of the region. Russia remained in control of Estonia until shortly after the Bolshevik revolution of 1917. At the treaty of Brest-Litovsk the following year, which brought an end to Russian involvement in World War I, Estonia was ceded. The new Soviet government
The Victorian Age (1837-1901): This period was dominated by three men her Prince Consort, Albert of Saxe-Coburg, and two outstanding prime ministers, William Gladstone and Benjamin Disraeli. By the end of her reign the nation was the most powerful in the world. Victoria gave birth to nine children during her 20- 4 year marriage to Albert. Prince Albert's death in 1861 left Victoria inconsolable and she withdrew from most public appearances for years. 1853-1856 the Crimean War, which took place in Russia. The war was won by the British. 1899-1902 the Boer War saw the British army fight successfully against two Boer republics and make them part of the British Empire. The Potato Famine hit Ireland between 1845 and 1850 and was one of the greatest natural disasters the Western world has seen. Ireland lost about half of its population, people relied on the potato as their staple diet.
and two outstanding prime ministers, William Gladstone and Benjamin Disreali. By the end of her reign the nation was the most powerful in the world and by the 1920s the British Empire comprised about a quarter of the world's territory and population. Victoria had nine children, who eventually became the monarchs of many European countries like Russia, German, Sweden and Greece. After Prince Albert's death Victoria withdrew from most public appearances for years. She put much effort into planning and building a series of memorials to her husband. During the last decades of her life she once again involved herself in state and political matters. Britain also took part in the Crimean War (1853-1856). The British part in this war, to halt Russian expanding into the Balkans, was appallingly planned and executed. Hospital conditions though were atrocious: there was no room for all the patients
executed for adultery. Catherine Parr 6th wife. Twice widowed. Cultivated Erasmian, did much to preserve a humanist reform, until it could re-emerge in the reign of Edward VI. Marriage was harmonious. King´s death ended their marriage. Thomas Cromwell and the dissolution of the monasteries An English statesman and advisor of Henry VII. Deeply unpopular in England. Pesudaded Henry VIII to marry Anee of Cleves, king withdrew his support. Cromwell was executed in the Tower. Major assignment- dissolution of the monasteries. Reasons- religious houses had to be faithful to parent institutions outside England and Wales. Henry had to buy the allegiance away from Rome. Cromwell organized an ecclesiastical census. The lesser monasteries were dissolved in 1536. The Pilgrimage of Grace interrupted. 1539 monasteries had been suppressed. Land and money collected from selling items went to Henry.
exacting standards as 50 or 100 years ago, and given the amount of work involved, several nurseries which exhibit at this level must do so as much for pride as for profit. There is also a palpable sense of competition between firms which have been exhibiting at Chelsea for decades-indeed, at one point in the show's history, rivalry between leading nurseries Suttons, Webbs, Carter's and Toogoods became so unseemly that the RHS withdrew its cup for best nursery display Chelsea is a visual feast, and there are lighter moments that stay with you long after visitors have left the Show. 25 Be Inspired Chelsea is an inspiration. It is a visual feast, scores high on temptation and can be tough on the wallet. It is a chance to participate in something special and
On 29 February 1692 the three were arrested. On 1 March Judge John Hathorne and Judge Jonathan Corwin examined them. Sarah Good and Sarah Osborne denied the charges but Tituba confessed. Perhaps she felt that if she denied the charge she would not be believed, after all she was only a slave. She may also have hoped that if she confessed she would be spared. If so she was correct. Tituba was imprisoned for a while but she was not executed. Once the witch hysteria was over Tituba withdrew her confession. One of the most horrific aspects of the witch hysteria was that if you were accused and you confessed your life was spared. However if you were accused and you denied the charge but where then convicted you were hanged. Furthermore if you expressed scepticism about the witch trials you put yourself in danger. You might be accused to being a witch. The two other women steadfastly continued to deny any involvement in witchcraft. Sarah
apparatus for crushing opposition, suppressing criticism, and furthering colonial economic exploitation as well as intensifying book censorship and consolidating personal control and profit. NATIONAL AND IMPERIAL CHANGE The new ruler, Queen Maria I of Portugal, disliked the Marquis because of the power he amassed, and never forgave him for the ruthlessness at which he dispatched the Távora family, and upon her accession to the throne, she withdrew all his political offices. Pombal died on his estate at Pombal in 1782. In the autumn of 1807, Napoleon moved French troops through Spain to invade Portugal. From 1807 to 1811, British-Portuguese forces would successfully fight against the French invasion of Portugal, while the royal family and the Portuguese nobility, including Maria I, relocated to the Portuguese territory of Brazil, at that time a colony of the Portuguese Empire, in South America
Swedish king Charles XII turned his attention to Russia, invading it in 1708. After crossing into Russia, Charles defeated Peter at Golovchin in July. In the Battle of Lesnaya, Charles suffered his first loss after Peter crushed a group of Swedish reinforcements marching from Riga. Deprived of this aid, Charles was forced to abandon his proposed march on Moscow. Charles XII refused to retreat to Poland or back to Sweden and instead invaded Ukraine. Peter withdrew his army southward, employing scorched earth, destroying along the way anything that could assist the Swedes. Deprived of local supplies, the Swedish army was forced to halt its advance in the winter of 17081709. In the summer of 1709, they resumed their efforts to capture Ukraine, culminating in the Battle of Poltava on 27 June. The battle was a decisive defeat for the Swedish forces, ending Charles' campaign in Ukraine and forcing him south to seek refuge in the Ottoman Empire
el-Kebir. Constant revolting by the Egyptian people led Great Britain to sign a declaration of Egypt's independence. Tewfik of Sudan and his mismanagement resulted in revolt, which threatened his survival. He appealed for help to the British. Sudan was left in the hands of the Khedivial government. Eventually, a revolt broke out in Sudan, which culminated in the fall of Khartoum and the death of the British governor General Gordon. The Egyptian and British forces withdrew from Sudan. *General Gordon and Khartoum 1885 was a British army officer and administrator. He is remembered for his campaigns in China and northern Africa. The khedive asked for Gordon to succeed Baker as governor of the region. After a short stay in Cairo, Gordon proceeded to Khartoum. He ignored the orders to evaquate the area as soon as possible and he found himself surrounded in Khartoum in 1885. He was killed fighting the warriors of the Mahdi and died a martyr's death.
Zen Buddhism, self identification with the spontanuous movements of nature. J.D Salinger, 1919-2010 Born in NYC. He went to military school, he was a naughty boy. That's were he started writing. He did not finish his degree. During the 2nd WW he served in Europe. In France he also met Hemingway at one point. In 1951 he published his only novel ,,Catcher in the Rye" which brought him worldwide fame. He hated publicity, he hated being famous. Soon he withdrew from active social life, basically for 70 years, for all of his life. he never gave interview and even the photos which exist are old. And he never gave permission to do a movie of his book. He wrote some more short stories but nothing spetaculare but still his one of the most famous writers. Holden Caulfield a boy with a jewish background. He is telling the whole story, probably from a hospital and covers only a few days of the chirstmas seoson. It's a first person monologu
elevator glided smoothly into motion. "What are you doing?" I snapped. After dealing with Stanton, the last thing I needed was another domineering male trying to push me around. Cross caught me by the upper arms and searched my face with that vivid blue gaze. "Something's wrong. What is it?" The now-familiar electricity crackled to life between us, the pull made fiercer by my temper. "You." "Me?" His thumbs stroked over my shoulders. Releasing me, he withdrew a lone key from his pocket and plugged it into the panel. All the lights cleared except for the one for the top floor. He wore black again, with fine gray pinstripes. Seeing him from the back was a revelation. His shoulders were nicely broad without being bulky, emphasizing his lean waist and long legs. The silky strands of hair falling over his collar tempted me to clench them and pull. Hard. I wanted him as pissy as I was. I wanted a fight. "I'm not in the mood for you now, Mr
are several of them you see uncommonly pretty." "You are dancing with the only handsome girl in the room," said Mr. Darcy, looking at the eldest Miss Bennet. "Oh! She is the most beautiful creature I ever beheld! But there is one of her sisters sitting down just behind you, who is very pretty, and I dare say very agreeable. Do let me ask my partner to introduce you." "Which do you mean?" and turning round he looked for a moment at Elizabeth, till catching her eye, he withdrew his own and coldly said: "She is tolerable, but not handsome enough to tempt me; I am in no humour at present to give consequence to young ladies who are slighted by other men. You had better return to your partner and enjoy her smiles, for you are wasting your time with me." Mr. Bingley followed his advice. Mr. Darcy walked off; and Elizabeth remained with no very cordial feelings toward him. She told the story, however, with great spirit among her
Yardley, who had organized it as a cryptologic section of military intelligence in World War I. It was maintained in secrecy in New York jointly by the War and State departments, and perhaps its greatest achievement was its 1920 solution of Japanese diplomatic codes. At the same time, the Army's cryptologic research and code-compiling functions were handled by William Friedman, then as later a civilian employee of the Signal Corps. In 1929, Henry L. Stimson, then Secretary of State, withdrew State Department support from the Black Chamber on ethical grounds, dissolving it. The Army decided to consolidate and enlarge its codemaking and codebreaking activities. Accordingly, it created the Signal Intelligence Service, with Friedman as chief, and, in 1930, hired three junior cryptanalysts and two clerks. The following year, a Japanese general suddenly occupied Manchuria and set up a puppet Manchu emperor, and the government of the island
Worse than the mutines in the bilboes. Rashly, And praised be rashness for it, let us know, Our indiscretion sometimes serves us well, When our deep plots do pall: and that should teach us There's a divinity that shapes our ends, Rough-hew them how we will,— HORATIO That is most certain. HAMLET Up from my cabin, My sea-gown scarf'd about me, in the dark Groped I to find out them; had my desire. Finger'd their packet, and in fine withdrew To mine own room again; making so bold, My fears forgetting manners, to unseal Their grand commission; where I found, Horatio,— O royal knavery!—an exact command, Larded with many several sorts of reasons Importing Denmark's health and England's too, With, ho! such bugs and goblins in my life, 181 That, on the supervise, no leisure bated, No, not to stay the grinding of the axe, My head should be struck off.
Glazunov). His manifold activities started in Tartu as the musical manager of the Vanemuine Theatre and the conductor of its symphony orchestra (1911-1923). For the remarkable artistic growth during that period the orchestra is indebted to him and also to the conductor Juhan Simm. Settling in Tallinn, Aavik was engaged as the music director of Estonia Theatre and its symphony orchestra (1925-1933). Later he withdrew from conducting as there was a need to be active in several other fields: Director and Professor of the Tallinn Conservatoire (1933-1940 and 1941-1944); Chairman of the Estonian Singers’ League; member of the management of the Academic Society of Estonian Musicians, and several other occupations. His repertoire as a conductor included symphonies of Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Scriabin and Glazunov, works by Richard Strauss, Wagner, Grieg, Rimsky-Korsakov and others
for me to say this aloud. "Yes," he agreed slowly. "That is something to be afraid of, indeed. Wanting to be with me. That's really not in your best interest." I frowned. "I should have left long ago," he sighed. "I should leave now. But I don't know if I can." "I don't want you to leave," I mumbled pathetically, staring down again. "Which is exactly why I should. But don't worry. I'm essentially a selfish creature. I crave your company too much to do what I should." "I'm glad." "Don't be!" He withdrew his hand, more gently this time; his voice was harsher than usual. Harsh for him, still more beautiful than any human voice. It was hard to keep up -- his sudden mood changes left me always a step behind, dazed. "It's not only your company I crave! Never forget that. Never forget I am more dangerous to you than I am to anyone else." He stopped, and I looked to see him gazing unseeingly into the forest. I thought for a moment.
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